Graduates & Research
Each year, our fourth-year students complete artistic and research projects exploring a topic of their choosing related to medical humanities and ethics. Recent graduates’ research projects are listed below.
We encourage our students to consider publishing their work and research. Medical humanities students have published reflections written during third-year journals, collaborated on essays and research papers with faculty, and submitted opinion pieces to various publications. Those interested in publishing may consider some of these medical student publication venues.
| Josh Bandopadhay The Art of Medicine: Creativity as a Core Competency in Medical Education |
Isabel Kilroy Stories as Medicine: Indigenous Storytelling, Cultural Humility, and Community-Based Mental Health Research |
| Krista Bangs From Pages to Practice: Using Young Adult Literature to Support Pediatric Mental Health |
Shailee Modi The “Likeable” Patient: Who do we choose to go the extra mile for? |
| Madison Brenner Shame Resilience in Medical Training: An Argument for the Elimination of Outdated Practices and Implementation of Formal Self-Compassion Education |
Brandy Phan The Ethics of ‘Good Enough’ Care in Resource-Limited Clinical Settings |
| Jacob Doddridge Producing the Perfect Applicant—At What Cost? A Medical Humanities Analysis of Research Productivity and Professional Identity in Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Selection |
Andrew Porter Big Pharma and the Cost of Corporate Influence |
| Annie Hohlt Enter at Your Own Risk: The Weathering Effects of Practicing Medicine on Female Physicians |
Louisa Smitherman White Coat Threads: The Journey to Healing |
| Jeanana Khan Effie’s Big Mood: A Look at the Theoretical Foundations and Related Interventions in Bibliotherapy and Childhood Anxiety |
Bryana Stigers Scripted Care: How Medical Dramas Have Reshaped Public Perceptions of Medicine in the 21st Century |
| Rita Khouri Rewriting Illness: Metaphor, Resistance, and the Reclamation of the Body in Sula and The Cancer Journals |
Vivian Tran Exploring Misinformation on Social Media |